This Life Chords
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Tabbed from a youtube video of ezra koenig showing how to play.Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | intermediate |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
Author djoughin79 [a] 83. Last edit on May 27, 2019
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go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlUV6TXwKEI ezra koenig teaches how to play it at 5:50 this is written
from that to make it easier
Verse Chorus
A |x02220 D |xx0232
D |xx0232 Bm7|x24232
Dm7 |xx0222 or DM7sus2 |xx0220 E |022100
E |022100 A |x02220
[Intro]
e|-10-10-9--5-5--10-10---9-7-7--12-12-10-5-5--10-10---9-7-7--|
B|-12-12-10-7-7--12-12--10-9-9--10-10-10-7-7--12-12--10-9-9--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| X2
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
A D Dm7 E
Baby, I know pain is as natural as the rain
A D Dm7 E
I just thought it didn't rain in California
A D Dm7 E
Baby, I know love isn't what I thought it was
A D Dm7 E
Cause I've never known a love like this before ya
e|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A D Dm7 E
Baby, I know dreams tend to crumble at extremes
A D Dm7 E
I just thought our dream would last a little bit longer
A D Dm7 E
There's a time when every man draws a line down in the sand
A D Dm7 E
We're surviving, we're still living all stronger
A D Dm7 E
Hoo hoo
A D Dm7 E
Hoo hoo
e|-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-|
B|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
[Chorus 1]
D Bm7
You've been cheating on cheating on me
E A
I've been cheating on cheating on you
D Bm7
You've been cheating on me
E
But I've been cheating through
(Intro played in chorus)
A D Dm7 E A D Dm7 E
This life, and all its suffering
A D Dm7 E A D Dm7 E
Oh Christ, am I good for nothing?
[Verse 2]
A D Dm7 E
Baby I know hate is always waiting at the gate
A D Dm7 E
I just thought we locked the gate when we left in the morning
A D Dm7 E
And I was told that war is how we landed on these shores
A D Dm7 E
I just thought the drums would all be loud warnings
A D Dm7 E
Hoo hoo
A D Dm7 E
Hoo hoo
e|-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-|
B|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
[Chorus 2]
D Bm7
You've been cheating on cheating on me
E A
I've been cheating on cheating on you
D Bm7
You've been cheating on me
E
But I've been cheating through
(intro played in chorus)
A D Dm7 E A D Dm7 E
This life, and all its suffering
A D Dm7 E A D Dm7 E
Oh Christ, am I good for nothing?
[verse 3]
A D Dm7 E
Baby I know death probably hasn't happened yet
A D Dm7 E
Cause I don't remember livin' life before this
A D Dm7 E
And darling, our disease is the same one as the trees
A D Dm7 E
Unaware that they've been livin' in a forest
A D5 E
Hoo hoo
A D5 E
Hoo hoo
[Chorus 3]
D Bm7
You've been cheating on cheating on me
E A
I've been cheating on cheating on you
D Bm7
You've been cheating on me
E
But I've been cheating through
(intro played in chorus)
A D Dm7 E
This life
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you)
A D Dm7 E
And all its suffering
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
A D Dm7 E
Oh Christ
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I've been cheating on, cheating on you)
A D Dm7 E
Am I good for nothing?
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
A D Dm7 E
This life
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you)
A D Dm7 E
And all its suffering
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
A D Dm7 E
Oh Christ
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I've been cheating on, cheating on you)
(fade out)
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I would call this chords Dmaj7 |xx0222 or Dmaj7sus2 |xx0220
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